Afternoon, I currently live in Austin, and although I don't have any legal issues, I would like to find someone in the city or nearby who offers affordable help for landlords and real estate investors. 

If its a legal triplex and its non conforming , it sounds like you dont need a zoning variance , sounds like has been done .

Which utilities can I legally require the tenant to pay?

Some restrictions are pretty easy but they are still necessary or you'll get into legal trouble.

Its the training part, but also a LOT of other steps: verify pay stubs, copy ID or drivers license, hand over keys, do property orientation (going over how to rest a GFCI, turn off water, change HVAC filter etc etc) and collect sedurity deposit and first month rent

Hi Peter —Generally speaking, it’s difficult to get a definitive answer on the legality of rent-by-the-room in single-family residential zones around metro Atlanta.

There is a legal difference. if you mess that up, that will get you sued.Third, in the last couple of years, new restrictions have been added in certain states.

The ALJ decision only forced TRA to modify their paperwork — it didn’t suddenly create a legal duty for you to participate.If you haven’t agreed to accept TRA, then you still haven’t accepted it.

If a contractor fails you: pause work, document defects, consult your contract/legal rights — and prepare how you’ll finish the job (either switch contractors or reduce scope).Use this story as a guide of “how to recover” (not just avoid mistakes).

Hey @Laura Heald, I’ve got a buddy who actually built financial freedom doing co-living, but it only worked because he treated it like a real strategy, not some magic cash-flow hack.He’s got 7 places in Florida — all tweaked to fit 6–8 rooms — furnished everything, used PadSplit’s structure for rules/tenant issues, and had someone local handle the hands-on stuff.